Child porn suspect who said he was aiding police gets 15 years

An Ocala man who still maintains that the child pornography files found on his computer were being collected to aid police will spend the next 15 years in prison.

By April WarrenStaff writer

An Ocala man who still maintains that the child pornography files found on his computer were being collected to aid police will spend the next 15 years in prison.Raymond Sorrell Dulude, 42, accepted a negotiated plea agreement Friday instead of taking his case to trial.In March, authorities seized Dulude's computer inside a Marion County residence and said they found close to 1,500 movie files containing child pornography.If convicted at trial, he could have received between 22.5 years to life in prison. Instead, he pleaded guilty, opting for the agreement which imposed a "downward departure" sentence.As part of the agreement, Dulude was setenced to five years in prison for one third-degree felony count for transmitting child porn by an electronic device.As for the 20 counts of child porn possession, Dulude will serve 15 years for each count. All sentences will run concurrently. Dulude will be designated a sexual offender."Each of these counts was a movie, each of these counts involved children, each of these movies, the children were pre-pubescent," Assistant State Attorney Bryon Aven said."Mr. Dulude has maintained he was collecting them (the files) in order to turn them over to authorities," said defense attorney Leonard Klatt, who further explained this claim by telling the court his client is unable to experience sexual stimulation.In a post-Miranda interview, Dulude admitted to downloading and viewing these movies over a six-month period, Aven said.Dulude, an Ocala resident, received a 117-day credit for time served in jail pending resolution of the case.The defendant has been inside the Marion County Jail since his arrest on June 3 after the judge set a combined bail amount of $210,000.In July, Klatt asked Circuit Judge Brian Lambert to release Dulude on his own recognizance or at least reduce the bail amount.In his motion, Klatt argued his client suffers from physical maladies including diabetes, heart disease and bone neuropathy. He also said his client was not a danger and has been bed ridden for five years. The judge denied the motion because conviction in the case exposed Dulude to such a lengthy prison term.After he was sentenced on Friday, Dulude pointed his wheelchair in the direction of the courtroom gallery where his mother, Patricia Paterson, sat."Can I give my son a hug?" she asked."No ma'am, it's against policy," the bailff responded.Outside the courtroom, Paterson called the ordeal unjust and unfair. She said authorities should concentrate more of their efforts on deleting obscene items from the Internet instead of arresting people like her son.She also pointed out her son didn't physically harm anyone. "He didn't meet anybody, he didn't see anybody," she said.